The fact that a note or other evidence of debt is barred does not prevent a creditor from thereafter availing himself of the mortgage or other security unless the mortgage or other security itself is barred.
(Civil Code 1895, § 2735; Civil Code 1910, § 3268; Code 1933, § 67-116.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 55 Am. Jur. 2d, Mortgages, § 687.